Bubriski was awarded the 2010-2011 Robert Gardner Visiting Artist Fellowship in Photography.[8] An exhibit of Bubriski's work, entitled Shadows of Shangri La: Nepal in Photographs," was on display in Cambridge, Massachusetts from May to September 2014.[9] The show was sponsored by Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the university's Asia Studies Center. Together the exhibit and its accompanying publication, Nepal: 1975–2011, "document the dramatic evolution of daily life in Nepal, from its years as a Hindu kingdom to what [Bubriski] calls 'the current precarious peace'."[10] Over 2016-17, Bubriski was on a Senior Scholar Fulbright Fellowship in Nepal, where he conducted fine art photography in some of the remotest regions of Nepal and Tibet (China).[11][12]
Reception
Bubriski's exhibition "Shadows of Shangri La: Nepal in Photographs" and his book Nepal: 1975–2011 have been featured in the Boston Globe,[13][14][15][16]New York Times,[17]Nepali Times,[18] ECS Nepal,[19]Kathmandu Post,[20]Asian Ethnology,[21] Art New England,[22] and Harvard Magazine. In his review for Asian EthnologyNiels Gutschow of Heidelberg University was able to "value Bubriski's work as a unique testimony that destroys any reproaches" for "Bubriski does not present clichés and he does not indulge the colonial gaze that tends to isolate the exotic."[23] Bret Chenkin of Art New England critiques that "the earliest works appear stronger—have more visual dynamism and authenticity." Yet Chenkin appreciates the accessibility of the later images, explaining that "they bring a viewer sitting half the world away that much closer. Anyone who reads Bubriski's photographic journal will be satiated visually, artistically and culturally."[24]Mark Feeney of the Boston Globe writes: "Bubriski's images convey a sense of Nepal that feels strong, full, and nuanced.[25]
^Lorch, Donatella (5 March 2015). "A Timeless Portrait of Nepal". LENS Photography, Video, and Visual Journalism. The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
